Cops slammed the brakes on a bone-head Uber carjacker who swiped two for-hire vehicles from their drivers within two days — but then left behind identifying documents inside one of the cars.

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William Coleman, a 26-year-old homeless man, is facing robbery, grand larceny and kidnapping charges for his short car-stealing spree that began Saturday in Jersey City.

Police said Coleman jumped into the back of a 70-year-old Uber driver's Honda CRV as it sat unlocked in a McDonald's parking lot in Jersey City.

"I made a turn, and he popped up from the back seat," said the driver, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

"He said 'I have a gun. If you don't want to get killed and you don't want to get hurt, you'll do what I tell you.' I told him, don't worry I'll follow your instructions. I tried to be calm ... He suddenly took my neck. It was hard to talk, hard to breathe."

He demanded money, but his victim said he was carrying none, police said.

Not willing to leave empty handed, Coleman tied up the victim with his belt and drove the Uber driver to the driver's home in Midtown.

At one point, Coleman clasped one hand on the driver's neck as he shook the man's wallet upside-down with the other.

"He kept saying I was lying," he said.

He ordered the victim to go to his apartment, grab a bank card and come back so the two could fetch money from an ATM.

Fearing for his life, the victim did what he was told, cops said.

During the nearly half-hour ride, the driver said he begged Coleman not to hurt him.

"I told him so many times, look, I'm like your father or your grandfather," he said. "I told him, why do you do this? You're young, handsome. Why don't you drive Uber?"

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After pulling $300 from an ATM at a deli on Ninth Ave. near W. 45th St., Coleman released the driver and sped off in his car.

Cops found the stolen Honda CRV a few hours later illegally parked in Manhattan and had the vehicle taken to an NYPD tow yard on 12th Ave., officials said.

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The 70-year-old was not harmed, officials said.

Coleman left his backpack when he abandoned the car, so when cops recovered the car, they found the bag and several documents bearing Coleman's name, police and the victim said.

"I can't understand why he didn't take his book bag. I was very surprised," he said.

Cops were looking for Coleman when he struck again on 10th Ave. in Midtown early Sunday.

Police said Coleman jumped into another Uber driver's car near W. 36th St. about 4 a.m. Sunday and sped off with it.

The Uber car was sitting at a gas station empty and unlocked with the engine running as the driver ran off to get coffee.

That time, the Uber driver used the company app to alert his fellow drivers that his car had been stolen. A few hours later, one of his colleagues saw the car on 42nd St. near Eighth Ave. and alerted police.

Cops found the car and arrested Coleman inside the car without incident about 8 a.m., finding a driver's license and bank debit card belonging to his first victim, officials said.